RT-AC5300 380.66_4 missing libresolv.so.0

[johple]

Issue: libresolv.so.0 is missing
I updated my RT-AC5300 from the stock asuswrt firmware (sorry I don't have that FW version. It was the most recent build as of May 31, 2017) to asuswrt-merlin (RT-AC5300_380.66_4.trx).

Using the stock asus firmware I had setup a samba share of a usb-hdd which was working. unfortunately, the stock firmware samba version appeared to be samba 3.0.x which did not support SMB V2 (or greater).

Once I found that Merlin does support newer samba versions (and SMB V2) I promptly decided to migrate to asuswrt-merlin.

Under both FW versions, the samba share does work perfectly, however there seems to be a problem. Using the stock FW executing the command smbd -V correctly reports the samba version, but under Merlin I get an error message - "smbd: can't load library 'libresolv.so.0'".

Steps to recreate on Merlin:
* ssh to router.asus.com as admin
* execute: smbd -V

 

[john9527]

@johple

Please run the following commands (just for a check)
find /usr -name smbd
which smbd

 

[RMerlin]

This is because you are running the wrong instance of smbd. That instance is the old 3.0.xx optimized by Tuxera, which we don't use. One is in /usr/bin, the other in /usr/sbin.

I know, highly confusing, but that's how Asus designed it... I need to disable that Tuxera customized version sometime.

 

[johple]

Thanks for the replies!
@john9527
which smbd returns /usr/bin/smbd

@RMerlin
Thanks very much for that tip! Indeed I now see that:
1) There are two smbd executables one in /usr/bin (the "bad" one) and one in /usr/sbin (the "good" one)
2) /usr/sbin/smbd -V returns --> Version 3.6.25
3) the version of smbd that is actually running is the "good" one from /usr/sbin

I think this resolves my issue! Thanks very much for your help!